Modern African hunting books include those written in the late 20th century about African trophy hunting, travel in Africa and general 'Africana'.

Major Anderson's classic hunting adventures in the African wilds, some of his elephants carried tusks weighing over 200 lbs. The author also recalls his companionship with other great hunters like George Rushby and James Sutherland.

Completes the work on the lost writings of Selous. Also Selous' friends shed light on the great hunter. Included are essays by Theodore Roosevelt and the great journalist, W T Snead as well as other materials that make Selous seem like flesh and blood.

An extremely well written exciting and entertaining book. Author's adventures come to life, every nerve wracking situation leaves a knot in the pit of your stomach

From his first hunting experiences in southwestern Montana at the age of 12, Atcheson chronicles the richest adventures of a lifetime spent in quest of big game across the world - including Africa, North America and Asia.

Authors Chris and Tilde Stuart concentrate on the more visible and easily distinguished larger mammal species, plus some of the more frequently seen smaller mammals.

The guide has key identification features showing how to differentiate between similar species, distribution maps and a list of major parks and reserves.

Documented are the perils of Africa's endangered and vunerable species.

An excellent identification guide featuring brief individual accounts combined with high quality colour illustrations of the 337 mammals found in Southern Africa including whales and dolphins. Accounts provide basic information on the appearance, distribution, habitat, behavior, food and reproduction of each species.

This book is a photographic celebration of Africa's great avian diversity. It is neither a field guide nor a definitive biological text, but rather an overview of the huge scope of African birds. The 2,400 species are divided into large groups, each sharing some common characteristics such as their preferred habitat, main feeding behaviour or breeding method. The families are discussed in alphabetical order for easy reference.

Covers South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe and provides information on more than 400 reserves.

A photographic field guide to the larger mammals of one of the most fascinating regions in the world. Stunning colour photography depicts more than 100 species found in a region spanning from Morocco in the west to Iran and the Arabian Peninsula in the east. All major families are represented, with mammals from the diminutive weasel to the impressive asiatic black bear and including iconic species such as the arabian oryx and arabian leopard. Information for each species includes a detailed description with key ID features, distribution, habitat and status, behaviour, diet and reproduction.

Everything needed to find, identify and learn about Southern Africa's insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.

In this exciting book, Chris and Tilde Stuart's intimate knowledge of the unexplored surfaces of Africa will enchant and enthrall. From the great and famous parks of the Serengeti to the little known parks of western Tanzania and the soda lakes of of the Great Rift Valley, this book will fascinate with its descriptions of the game reserves and wild places of east, west, central and southern Africa.

This guide is unique in its approach to identification. It allows you to first look at the track or sign and then, by means of keys, to determine the animal group or species responsible for what you see.

Nicholson was instrumental in the formation of the Selous Reserve, Africa's biggest wildlife area, which he patrolled entirely on foot for months at a time and eventually helped open to hunting in 1965.

Exciting hunting stories.

A comprehensive work country to country, hunting Asian big game includes ibex, sheep, bear and big cats.

This book covers every aspect of what todays professional hunters and safari specialists need to know. The authors offer informed reading for all outdoors men.

A practical guide on all aspects of purchasing, planning, development, management and utilisation of a modern game ranch in Southern Africa.

Martinez de Hoz considers himself an average international hunter and writes to an audience who yearns to understand the difficulties an amateur faces when going on safari. He justifies his writings on the grounds that his adventures could prove useful, entertaining and downright helpful. He also enhances the events he relates by putting them in the broader context of history, geography, nature, wildlife and human characteristics. Many events are both humorous and enlightening, such as his tale on how to be deserving to hunt a lion or how to deal with a Mongolian interpreter who gets drunk on the eve of taking a High Altai argali.

A seasoned hunter and gifted writer presents tales of courage, ethics, intensity and the overall thrill of the hunt and covers such topics as stag hunting in Scotland, hunting wild pigs in California, alligator hunting in Florida and much more.

The book features 62 species of gamebirds,including guineafowl, francolin, partridge, quail, sandgrouse, duck, geese, snipe, bustard and korhaan. This includes species no longer hunted but which are included to emphasise their conservation.

Together, Dick and Mary Cabela have discovered a life of adventure - a life of hunting, fishing and the sporting tradition.

Accompanied by a photographer, two scientists and a few armed rangers, Philip Caputo set out through the forbidding plains Tsavo in search of Africa's most feared and efficient killers - massive maneless lions with a man-eating reputation. Over the past century, speculation about the ghostlike killers has gone unanswered, although recent studies suggest that the maneless lions may constitute a feline missing link between modern lions and their prehistoric ancestors. Therein lies the quest driving the expedition to find a scientific explanation for these fierce creatures and why they occasionally prey on humans. This vivid narrative of a scientific journey is a riveting work from one of America's finest writers.

African hunting stories don't come much better than some of those recounted in this book. Some of them will bring tears of laughter to your eye, some goose pimples to your skin and a chill to your spine.

The story of Marc Watts, aka Bwana Moja, attempting to pull off a rare Central African Republic double in 14 days.

A collection of stories of hunting big game in Africa.

Written with Shuja Ul Islam. Tales of adventures on a grand scale that took place for the most part in the first half of the 20th century.

Big game hunting adventures around the world.

The author spent over twenty-five years in the research required to publish this volume. This study takes the reader along on the search for gamefish with innovative and productive techniques together with the rationale. The remarkable success that has followed certainly proves the value of the unique departures from conventional wisdom and technique. Eight of the ten largest fish taken from the entire lake in the summer of 1975 were taken from his boat or from his friends using his methods. The author alone has taken several tons of big fish just from that lake alone.

A study of the knowledge needed to successfullly fish Lake Tahoe, the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake, as well as tributary waters, with sporting tackle, yet the scope is expanded to explore the many mysteries and some of the natural history of the Lahontan basin.

Roush presents a dramatic collection of the combat experiences of over 70 men in WWII, as told by one combat veteran to another. Veterans of dangerous encounters are much more apt to open up with details. He talked with many people who, 50 years later, still feel it emotionally disturbing to recall the specific horrors of war.

An alarming problem is taking place in South Africa's Kruger National Park, where Mozambican refugees are being eaten alive by lions as they attempt to find freedom by walking across the Park. This deftly written study examines the park's two thousand lions, the helpless refugees and the result of their crossed paths.

Laura Resnick's trek across Africa - live mine fields in Sahara, bandits in Tanzania, an arrest in Nigeria and playing with wild gorillas in Zaire

Something for everyone who hunts, be they rabbit hunters in the deep South, Cape buffalo hunters in the African bush, or white-tailed deer hunters in the woods of North America. Its selections celebrate hunting for big game, small game, waterfowl, upland birds, turkeys, African and Asian game and much more.

The author, who became a major safari operator in Mozambique, went through many set-backs and problems as the map of Africa unrolled with political upheavals. This culminated in many months of interrogation and torture by the secret police in Mozambique after being abducted in Tanzania. This is the story of his disillusionment as told to Fiona Claire Capstick, the widow of hunting author, Peter Capstick.

This guide to more than 1,000 varieties of tree species is arranged in easy-to-use format. Leaf and stem silhouettes help direct the user to the correct species, and full color photographs make identification that much easier.

For collecting and preserving trophies and specimens and containing methods of measurement and other valuable information pertaining to trophy hunting and Rowland Ward's "Records of Big Game" - an essential hunting requirement since 1880.

A mixed bag of stories from a true outdoorsman.

Husband to Isak Dinesen, archetypal hero for Ernest Hemingway, a romantic figure of mythic passions for women and adventure, Bror Blixen led a life that exceeded his legend. The author is Blixen's godson.

Hunting has been a crucial element in the development of mankind. Drawing on the works of artists, hunters, historians and journalists, this text traces the role of hunting in human civilisation over centuries.

Life of the scientist, explorer, hunter and taxidermy artist, who became one of the foremost collectors of African wildlife and a dedicated conservationist.

Offers a series of ebullient and evocative portraits of the "white tribe" in Africa: Westerners from General Gordon to Emin Pasha to Karen Blixen to the present crop of adventurers who have fallen under the spell of that inexhaustible continent. It presents an irreverent and original collection of characters, crises, and stories, amply demonstrating that the spirit of the great European adventurers of the past is still present among the fly-boys, missionaries, and knockabouts of today. Moving back and forth through a hundred years, Denis Boyles, journalist, writer and himself one of the African enthusiasts of whom he treats, sketches portraits not only of some of the great personalities of the past - Rhodes, Lugard, Markham - but of such colourful, more contemporary figures as Patrick Shaw, a police official in Nairobi; George Pappas, a self-made millionaire pilot in Kinshasa; and Ian Smith, the ex-prime minister of Rhodesia.

In this melange of high adventure and historical re-creation, comic satirist Denis Boyles guides us on a railroad journey through space and time in East Africa.

The authors describe the characteristics and behaviour of the rhino in its few remaining habitats and give a fascinating account of its history and the myths that seem always to have surrounded it.

As ancient as man, elephants have scattered across the Old World. In Asia they have been domesticated, worshipped, sanctified. In Africa they were respected as the king of beasts, but feared and shunned. In the West they are famed for their legendary strength, wisdom and benevolence. Now we can follow the whole story of the elephant, from the extinct mammoths of the last Ice Age to the present-day battle for survival as elephants are hunted for their ivory.

More modern African hunting books....

• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part I
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part II
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part III
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part IV
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part V
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part VI
• Modern African Hunting and 'Africana' Books Part VIII